Anthea Jeffery
Dr Anthea Jeffery holds law degrees from Wits, Cambridge and London universities, and is the Head of Policy Research at the IRR. She has authored 12 books, including Countdown to Socialism - The National Democratic Revolution in South Africa since 1994, People’s War: New Light on the Struggle for South Africa and BEE: Helping or Hurting? She has also written extensively on property rights, land reform, the mining sector, the proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) system, and a growth-focused alternative to BEE.
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The Expropriation Bill and its ‘Game-Changing’ Benefits for the BEE Elite
Speaking last month to the Progressive Business Forum – a group of BEE and other businesses that pay the African National Congress (ANC) significant sums
Cyril’s only ‘success’ is in advancing the NDR
Despite the many pious platitudes in last week’s SONA (state-of-the-nation address), the only ‘reforms’ President Cyril Ramaphosa is busy implementing are the policy shifts needed
Don’t be misled about the Expropriation Bill
The government and other commentators – in describing the Expropriation Bill of 2020 as ‘a good piece of legislation’ which ‘carefully circumscribes’ the powers of
One week left to ‘Kill the Bill’
When the Expropriation Bill of 2020 (the Bill) was gazetted in October last year, Deputy President David Mabuza claimed that it would ‘address the injustices
The wealth tax idea is back
The SACP/ANC alliance has long wanted a wealth tax to help ‘discipline’ capital and advance the Freedom Charter’s goal of ‘sharing’ the country’s wealth. The
What Biden heralds for CRT and BEE
President Joe Biden was inaugurated yesterday as the 46th president of the United States of America. As The Economist reports, his administration looks set to
Ignoring the distilled wisdom of centuries on EWC
In pushing ahead with expropriation laws providing for ‘nil’ compensation in wide-ranging circumstances, the South African government is ignoring the distilled wisdom of centuries –
Ideology, control, and a desired NHI ‘pilot’ behind the Covid vaccine impasse
South Africa has more than 1.1 million Covid-19 infections and in excess of 31 000 Covid-related deaths. A stricter curfew and many other controls have recently
Government can take your home, farm, or business premises under Constitutional Amendment Bill
Over the next few weeks, the Daily Friend will be republishing a selection of the most popular posts of 2020. This piece was first published
The Good, the Bad – and the Bizarre
A good development this week was the defeat of the ANC’s attempt to smuggle in the introduction of an electronic voting system under the cover